Question
1. He tells me that she is happy.
=> He told me that she was happy.
2. He has told me that she was happy.
=> He told me that she had been happy.
3. He will tell me that she will be happy.
=> He told me that she would be happy.
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Q1: According to the change of the tense in the main clause, the tense in the subordinate clause changes as above? Is that right?
Q2: In #2, in the first sentence, is there no problem in using the verbs?
Q2:
=> He told me that she was happy.
2. He has told me that she was happy.
=> He told me that she had been happy.
3. He will tell me that she will be happy.
=> He told me that she would be happy.
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Q1: According to the change of the tense in the main clause, the tense in the subordinate clause changes as above? Is that right?
Q2: In #2, in the first sentence, is there no problem in using the verbs?
Q2:
Answers
Writeacher
The tenses in 1 and 3 are right.
In 2, the tenses are correct if you mean (in both sentences) that she is not happy anymore.
In 2, the tenses are correct if you mean (in both sentences) that she is not happy anymore.
Writeacher
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm#sequence
http://www.englishgrammar.org/sequence-tenses/
http://www.englishgrammar.org/sequence-tenses/